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Liberal arts colleges fighting to survive are discounting tuition and raising enrollment, but it's not working David Jesse, Detroit Free Press © David Jesse Jada Stewart, a junior at Albion College, loads her belongings into her mother's car on Nov. 15 as she moves back to her home in Chicago. DETROIT – The sedan swooped in to Albion College, stopping alongside the curb next to a dorm. The trunk popped open, and in the wind, rain and cold one day last fall, Jada Stewart loaded her belongings, bag after bag into her mom's car. Stewart wasn't the only remaining student�...

Detroiter helped aid in the effort to turn Georgia blue Kyla L. Wright, Detroit Free Press © Junfu Han, Detroit Free Press Zinnia Patcas who just returned home from canvassing for the Georgia run-off election poses for a photo at her home in Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 8, 2021. It was nearly 14 years ago when 59-year-old Zinnia Patcas first dove into politics as a union volunteer at an Iowa caucus during former President Barack Obama’s first campaign for the White House. Since then, the 59-year-old casino worker has organized and canvassed in her hometown of Detroit and othe...

SNAP beneficiaries, food banks to get boost from stimulus   Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press (TNS) Jan. 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Cars pull into the parking lot to get food Thursday at St. Anthony's community center on West Vernor in Detroit. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via TNS) Show MoreShow Less 2of3 Milk and other items were given away to families during a food drive at St. Anthony's community center in Detroit. (Eric Seals, Detroit Free Press via TNS) Show MoreShow Less 3of3 LANSING — More than a million Michiganders who receive federal food assistance will see ex...

Ford shutters plants in Brazil to cut costs, effective immediately Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press Introducing the new Ford Ranger Tremor Replay Video UP NEXT Ford Motor Co. will stop manufacturing in Brazil in 2021 as part of a restructuring plan meant to cut costs and increase efficiency, the company announced Monday afternoon. The company is closing two plants immediately and a third later in the year, affecting about 5,000 workers, spokesman T.R. Reid told reporters during a conference call. This is part of the long-term $11 billion restructuring plan that began wi...

and food banks and pantries across the state stand to get a much needed boost.  The latest federal stimulus package earmarks $13 billion for food assistance, including a 15% increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits through June and additional money for food banks, as Americans continue to struggle to put food on the table.  "When money's tight, the grocery budget is often one of the first sacrifices that a family will make because it's one of the quickest or easiest ones to make," said Julie Cassidy, a senior policy analyst at the Michigan League for Public Polic...